Re: Horse slaughter

["Whitney Bass" <bass@bigsky.net>]

And I wasn't presuming that all horses were somebody's "buddy".  I was only
replying to other posts, and used their term. 
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> From: Johns, Carrie <CJohns@jenkens.com>
> To: 'ridecamp@endurance.net'
> Subject: RC:  Horse slaughter
> Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 10:37 AM
> 
> "Usually you know well in advance if you are going to be in a situation
> where a
> couple hundred bucks "is a big deal"."
> 
> Ah Whitney, to have a crystal ball would be a wonderful thing.  Life
doesn't
> always deal us the hand that we desire, anticipate or for which we are
> prepared.  Some of life's situations are not foreseeable.  Sending a
"buddy"
> to slaughter would be a nightmare that would never go away, ever.  I have
> been a breeder of horses for 30 years (Quarterhorses, Palominos,
Arabians,
> Pintos) and I have unknowingly sold horses into situations that were
worse
> than slaughter would have been.  Thank goodness, those instances have
been
> less than a handful, but it has happened.  Not everyone has their
priorities
> straight, nor does everyone view choices in the same fashion.  Not all
> horses, though, that are sold to slaughter, are someone's "buddy."
> 
> Carrie Johns
> Honey Creek Farms
> Mabank, Texas  USA
> Where the horses eat before I do
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Whitney Bass [mailto:bass@bigsky.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 11:21 AM
> To: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: Re: Re: RE: Re: Horse slaughter
> 
> 
> > etc.).  Many hang on to a "buddy" that is not suitable for sale, hoping
> the 
> > tide will turn, until faced with the fact that a couple hundred bucks
IS
> a 
> > big deal.  When faced with feeding your children or feeding your horse,
> and 
> > with no money for vet fees, some folks have to make choices that hurt.
> > 
> > Heidi
> 
> Personally, I wouldn't just sit and wait for "the tide to turn".  Usually
> you know well in advance if you are going to be in a situation where a
> couple hundred bucks "is a big deal".   So if you're heading in the
> direction where you will be faced with a "choice that hurts", like
whether
> to feed your children or feed your horse, and you only wait for the "tide
> to turn", then you have no business with either.  The couple hundred
bucks
> will keep you going for another week or so, and then what? . .  The
> "slaughter" of your "buddy" will have been for nothing.  There are ALWAYS
> other options.
> 
> 
> > 
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